Riots on Friday spread to Ogun communities as youths protested the lingering new naira policy and fuel scarcity.
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Control TV reports that the protesters barricaded the Mowe end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and turned back motorists and travellers.
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It was also gathered that the protesters resisted police intervention and threatened to set the police station in the area ablaze.
The rioters also set bonfire on the highway, a development that forced motorists and travellers to hurriedly turned back.
Aside from travellers, commercial activities were disrupted in Mowe, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the state, as shop owners closed their shops and scampered to safety.
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